I love Bill Cosby Himself. I loved it back when it came out because lets face it, Bill Cosby is a very funny guy. I love it more now since my life has caught up to the material:
My wife and I have five children and the reason why we have five children is because we do not want six.
[to someone in the audience] Do you have children? How old are they? They're grown now, but how many did you have? Two? Okay, that qualifies. That qualifies, because a person with one child, I don't really call them a parent, because there are too many things left out. If you have just one child, there are too many things left out. For instance, if something's broken in the house, you have one child, you know who did it! See, you don't have to go through "I... I... I...". You know the child did it! Also, people with one child do not have to go through "Will you stop touching me?" I mean, if you got one child and the child is doing that, then you gotta take it away.
Anyway, to draw a focal point, when you have three kiddos, that takes it up a notch. There are too many things that even other parents may not understand. We just don't get out of the house with our trio of little children, well not often anyway. I was at the mall earlier this week and had Benjamin and Reagan in a double stroller with Jackson in the Baby Bjorn. Actually, that wasn't bad, well not while we were at the mall, but later in the day I couldn't move. Don't get me wrong, the Baby Bjorn is a great item and I recommend it to other parents, but Jackson is just getting too big in more ways than one as legs are now long enough that his feet reach the jewels. Not only is that configuration a physical challenge, I cannot escape, "You've got your hands full." I even got a, "Bless your heart." Do I look pathetic enough to warrant a Bless your heart? I probably do. Is it too much to want to get out of the house and have my hands less full? I think not.
My fixation on a stroller came as an afterthought from a lunch that I had last week with a new friend, Kyle. Kyle is a father of four with his two youngest being 10 1/2 month twins. We were discussing the logistics of possibly doing something together. There we were, two highly intelligent fathers both drawing a blank as to solving the logistics of making a simple outing simple. Well at least I count him as a highly individual, as for myself, I used to be but there may be permanent brain damage associated with having five children. Anyway, the ponderance of a simple outing brings up all of the scenarios that are logistical nightmares. There is the grocery store where there is no cart capable of containing my three amigos. Yes, the racecar cart has room for three, but the buckle is simply not adequate to keep an escape artist at bay, nor does it prevent children from leaning out, which is a major safety hazard.
Anyway, Jackson is getting fussy, so I will wrap this up. We need a triple stroller, and have an opportunity to grab one at a steal. The purchase price for this stroller is just a few dollars more than shipping on the same item from a different seller, but we simply don't have the cash on hand. The fact that there is an opportunity to buy is an answered prayer as we lost the ebay auction and now have a second chance offer. The seller is even able to meet us half way from Lexington, KY through a fortunistic schedule of event that they will be in Corbin, KY tomorrow evening. Anyway, I haven't asked for a single dime since being laid off seven months ago, but if anyone should feel compassionate enough to make a donation, it is not just I that will be thankful, but my children will benefit immensely.
Thank You!!!
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